Junior Class Meeting Agenda
• Plans After High School - WOIS, Career Center
• PSAT results - what do they mean?what next?
• SAT/ACT - dates and prep
• Junior Year Timeline
• Handouts/Test Results/Questions
WOIS - Washington Occupational Information System
• Explore careers
• Discover the demand in the job market for specific
fields
• Make educational plans
• Find the training programs and the right schools
• Website - WOIS.org/site key for SC - eca312
Career Center
• College Visits at TAP and Lunch
• SAT/ACT/AP test prep books available for check out
(save$$)
• College ranking materials and special guides for
specific programs including art schools, historically
black colleges, schools with religious affiliation, and
much more!
**It is never too early to start meeting with your
counselor regarding your plans for after high school
4 Major Parts of Your PSAT/NMSQT Results
Your Scores
Your Skills
Understanding
Your
PSAT/NMSQT
Results
Your Answers
Next Steps
3 Test Sections
Critical Reading
Mathematics
Writing Skills
Your Scores
Score
You can see your projected SAT
score online in My College QuickStart
(www.collegeboard.org/quickstart).
Score Range
Percentile
If you are a junior, your scores are
compared to those of other juniors.
If you are a sophomore or younger
student, your scores are compared to
those of sophomores.
National Merit Scholarship
Corporation Information
The Selection Index is the sum of your critical reading,
mathematics and writing skills scores.
If it has an asterisk, you do not meet all of the eligibility
requirements for the competition.
The Percentile compares your performance to that of other
college-bound juniors.
The Entry Requirements section displays information you
provided on your answer sheet.
Your Skills
See how you did on each skill. The same skills are tested on the SAT.
You can try hundreds of practice questions, organized by skill, online
in My College QuickStart (www.collegeboard.org/quickstart).
Your Answers
You will get your test book back with
your PSAT/NMSQT results, so that
you can review the questions.
You can also review each test
question in My College QuickStart.
Your Answers:
Student-Produced
Responses
Some of the math problems required you
to grid in answers instead of selecting an
option. For these questions, you will see
the correct answer(s) written out.
Next Steps
What’s next?
Use the access code on your report to log in to My College
QuickStart, a personalized college and career planning kit. There you
can:
•Search for colleges
•Get a personalized SAT study plan
•Take a personality test to find majors and careers that fit you
•Plan College Visits - Mid Winter and Spring Breaks
www.collegeboard.org/quickstart
Next Steps
Schedule your College Testing 2011–2012
Test Date
Registration Deadline
ACT
February 11, 2012*
April 14, 2012
June 9, 2012
January 13, 2012
March 9, 2012
May 4, 2012
SAT
January 28, 2012
March 10, 2012
May 5, 2012
June 2, 2012
SAT &Subject Tests
SAT only
SAT &Subject Tests
SAT & Subject Tests
December 30, 2011
February 10, 2012
April 6, 2012
May 8, 2012
How do I prepare? PLAN, PSAT, Prep classes . . .
TESTING
COMPASS TEST - Required for all Community and Technical Schools
(Spring of Senior year at College)
ASVAB -
Military Aptitude Assessment
Four Year College Testing:
** Enter colleges to receive your scores to avoid additional fees!
ACT w/Writing - www.actstudent.org
may meet subject test requirements
Max score is 36/ Five subject areas
(PLAN is the practice test for ACT)
SAT -
www.collegeboard.org/
max score is 2400/Three test areas
SAT Subject Tests - required for some selective colleges.
(piggyback on AP Test prep)
SAT Prep Classes at SC - www.SATPrep.org (425) 823-1370
Before you leave Pick up a Junior Year Timeline/Resource Handout
PSAT Results (alpha)